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| Monday, December 19, 2005 |
| Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist... 12/14/2005
While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly.
"I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study's lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are."
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posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/19/2005 11:20:00 AM   |
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That's about as profound as the discovery that men and women are different. It's as plain as the nose on our faces, don't you think?
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For the purposes of argument, let's assume that "reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican." How about a discussion of WHY that might be?
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I know, Kevin!
EP,
I am working on a response for our continued discussion. Sorry it is taking so long!
-Jack
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EP, here's a thought. Maybe bathing them in liberal theories in journalism school skews their belief system, especially when a good percentage enter the education system with lukewarm religious beliefs or none at all.
There's a reason most business schools, engineering programs and other pro-business institutions produce predominantly conservative graduates. The more liberal, "thinking" institutions like education, law and journalism do the exact opposite.
There's also the misguided belief that some journalism student have that their mission is to "change the world." Their mission should be to report the news. Anything else is inappropriate and unethical.
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Well how about that!
I guess we'll just have to fall back on common sense and the obvious. :)
-Jack
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Common sense was outlawed years ago. Scofflaw.
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You're absolutely right, Shea.
Feels like we live in Bizzaro World doesn't it?
-Jack
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That's about as profound as the discovery that men and women are different. It's as plain as the nose on our faces, don't you think?